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Friday, October 3, 2014

Never argue with anyone who is stupid because you’ll never win they’ve had too much practice.

Mark Twain

Some misc stories for Friday

Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.

Bill Gates

https://i.imgur.com/VNRDsGr.jpg

Banana Dolphins

I feel like a person living on the brink of a volcano crater.

Agnes Smedley

The British ship Norham Castle was 40 miles from Krakatoa at the time of the explosion. The ship’s captain wrote in his log, “So violent are the explosions that the ear-drums of over half my crew have been shattered. My last thoughts are with my dear wife. I am convinced that the Day of Judgement has come.

Sound that Circled the Earth

Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who re sembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record--Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages--you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?

Barbara Ehrenreich

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

Edward R. Murrow

David Cameron told the U.N. that “non-violent extremism” is just as dangerous as terrorism and must be eradicated using all means at the government’s disposal. He references 9/11 and 7/7 Truthers as examples of the type of extremism that must be dealt in a similar fashion to ISIS. If you thought Obama’s War is Peace speech to the U.N. was creepy, wait until you get a load of this. Cameron is officially announcing a the plan to use a full assault on dissenting views.

Explaining his actions to the Press TV correspondent in London, Kollerstrom said, “David Cameron has redefined terrorism at the UN to include people, who believe that the London bombings involve government complicity, were to some degree arranged, which I certainly do believe, and I’ve published a book on the subject and also I believe that 9/11 was an inside job. I do think Islamic nations are being selectively targeted, it’s perfectly obvious, and if the police force are going by his directive what constitutes terrorism, it seems to me that they need to arrest me

British Citizen Turns himself in to Scotland Yard

The majority of terror organizations in the world are intelligence agencies.

Gordon Duff

The evidence is now clear and indisputable that the false flag operation carried out on September 11, 2001 was a multi-nation conspiracy.  The USA, Israel, Saudi Arabia and UK have each been proven to be directly involved with the execution and coverup of this crime against humanity.

There were other state actors and intelligence agencies involved such as Pakistan’s ISI; however, the US Federal Government and Israeli Secret Services are by far the most complicit.  The voluminous amount of circumstantial evidence alone both indicts and convicts the US Government of crimes against its own citizenry.  Likewise, Israel’s fingerprints are all over the 9/11 crime scene and directly related criminal activities.

Enter Russia … Edward Snowden … and the Alternative News Media 

When Edward Snowden opted to stay in Russia after fleeing the USA little did he know that the NSA treasure trove he absconded with would serve as the basis for so much 9/11 revelation.  The existence of this extraordinary cache of NSA evidence documenting criminal activity conducted at the highest levels of government has empowered Russia to reveal 9/11 Truth with unimpeachable authority.  Hence, the Kremlin now conducts periodic and strategic data dumps concerning the real facts surrounding the events of 9/11.

Russia Disseminates, Snowden Validates

We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order.

David Rockefeller

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. 

Ursula K. LeGuin

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Where will this end?

I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer.
Woody Allen

Homosexuality, gay marriage, polygamy, bestiality, statutory rape, incest - it’s all relative.  Pandora’s box has been opened.  Interesting times.

Bacchanalia (1898) Lovis Corinth

Is sex dirty? Only when it's being done right.
Woody Allen

A judge in Australia has been criticized after saying incest may no longer be a taboo and that the community may now accept consensual sex between adult siblings.

Judge Garry Neilson, from the district court in the state of New South Wales, likened incest to homosexuality, which was once regarded as criminal and "unnatural" but is now widely accepted.

He said incest was now only a crime because it may lead to abnormalities in offspring but this rationale was increasingly irrelevant because of the availability of contraception and abortion.

The Telegraph

Comments?

Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.
Oscar Wilde

Monday, February 3, 2014

People are like bicycles?

People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.

Albert Einstein

Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you.

Dream, and he thinks you're crazy.

Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky.

Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy.

Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand.

Robert G. Allen

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

No love in Boston

Recent column by Howie Carr when Obama visited Bahston.

Posted by Howie Carr

First he ruins the health care system. Now he wants to come in and wreck the World Series.

Say it ain’t so, B.O.

How can we miss this guy when he won’t go away?

Yesterday, the White House was dithering back and forth over whether to go to Game 6 tonight. They haven’t been this confused since they were trying to decide whether to bomb Syria.

Listen, Mr. President, I understand that sports is one of many subjects you know absolutely nothing about. But trust me on this — tonight is going to be a big night for what the mayor calls “knuckleheads.”

Local knuckleheads. Granted, you have proven beyond a doubt this month with Obamacare that you are by far the biggest knucklehead in the nation, but this is not where you belong tonight.

This should be the night the Red Sox, or the Red Sock, as Mumbles calls them, wrap up what he last week termed the “World Serious Cup.”

Mr. President, you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.

Imagine the posters you’ll see up in the stands tonight if you try to big-foot the celebration:

“Obama Lied, My Health Care Died.”

“You Owe Me $2,500.”

“Ask Me About My Death Panel.”

Why now? This trip has only been on the drawing board for a week or so. The White House had to know there was a better-than-even chance there would be a World Series game here tonight.

Big day for the stores around Faneuil Hall. And now they’re shut down from 11 a.m. til 4 p.m. But who cares about them? They’re in the Dreaded Private Sector.

Then there’s the gridlock in the middle of the afternoon commute (assuming, knock on wood, he leaves before the game). But what does Barack care about the commuters — they work for a living. Not Obama voters, in other words.

This is how curses are born, hosting a guy who turns everything he touches to excrement. And you know damn well Obama would have to drift into the Fox broadcast booth for one of those painful chats like the one in Chicago where he talked about “Kaminsky” (rhymes with Alinsky) “Field” (as opposed to Park).

The announcers asked him who his favorite White Sox player was. He didn’t have a clue, not one. He just tried to change the subject by saying his favorite team was really the Oakland A’s.

When it comes to baseball lore, Barry makes John Kerry look like Bill James.

Listen, Mr. President, I have an idea. If you decide to stick around, why don’t you send the limo over to Southie to pick up Auntie Zeituni while you’re harvesting big bucks at Alan Solomont’s mansion in Weston.

Then the limo can pick you up and drive to Framingham, where you can meet your beloved Uncle Omar and buy a round for the house at the Chicken Bone. It’s Karaoke Night at the Bone!

Just stay out of Fenway Park, or is that Funway Field, Mr. President?

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Yes officer, I did see the 'Speed limit' sign...I just didn't see you.

If a woman is sufficiently ambitious, determined and gifted - there is practically nothing she can't do.

Helen Lawrenson

Saudi Arabia is one of the most restrictive women’s rights countries in the world. Guardianship laws prevent a woman from marrying, working or traveling  abroad without the consent of a male relative.  Women are not issued driving licenses.

Hackers defaced their Web site. Delegations of clerics appealed to the king to block their movement. And men claiming to be security agents called their cell phones to leave a clear message: O, women of the kingdom, do not get behind the wheel!

But they did anyway. On Saturday, a few dozen women insisted on violating one of the most stubborn social codes in staunchly conservative Saudi society, getting into their cars and driving, activists said. Many posted videos of themselves doing so to spread the word.

New York Times

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZMbTFNp4wI

I’m so proud of myself right now.

Mai Swayan

I don't like driving very much. That makes me very unhappy, because I scream a lot in the car, but other than that, life is actually pretty good.

Whoopie Goldberg

Friday, October 25, 2013

St Crispin’s Eve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM

Saint Crispin's Day falls on 25 October and is the feast day of the Christian saints Crispin and Crispinian twins who were martyred c. 286. It is a day most famous for the battles that occurred on it: the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The Battle of Agincourt was dramatised by William Shakespeare in Henry V featuring the St. Crispin's Day Speech in which Henry inspired his much outnumbered English forces to fight the French saying "the fewer men, the greater share of honour".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Crispin's_Day

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Sting’s 60th

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Not for those with Dysania:

If you take your age and multiple it by 7, then multiply it by 1,443, the product repeats your age 3 times.

Math, huh?

Friday, September 20, 2013

Only an engineer…

Air Miles are awesome, they can be used to score free flights, hotel stays and if you’re really lucky, the scorn and hatred of everyone you come in contact with who has to pay full price when they travel. The king of all virtually free travelers is one David Phillips, a civil engineer who teaches at the University of California, Davis.

David came to the attention of the wider media when he managed to convert about 12,150 cups of Healthy Choice chocolate pudding into over a million Air Miles. Ever since, David and his entire family have been travelling the world for next to nothing.

http://gizmodo.com/how-an-engineer-earned-1-25-million-air-miles-by-buying-1339646546

Monday, September 16, 2013

Notice anything

frog nasa photobomb rocket launch one giant leap Picture of the Day: One Giant Leap

NASA Photo

You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.
Shakira

Thursday, September 12, 2013

I was just thinking,

I was just thinking, and it was a terrible thought. The first two U.S. presidents of the 21st century have turned out to be two of the worst in U.S. history. What will be coming next?

Laurence M. Vance

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

Katharine Graham

Another old story recirculating on email and the internet.  Originally from as far back as 2001.

For anybody who is not familiar with a jet engine, a jet fan blade should be perfectly smooth.

A pilot for a Chinese carrier requested permission and landed at FRA ( Frankfurt , Germany ) for an unscheduled refueling stop. The reason became soon apparent to the ground crew: The Number 3 engine had been shutdown previously because of excessive vibration, and because it didn't look too good. It had apparently been no problem for the tough guys on the ground back in China: as they took some sturdy straps and wrapped them around two of the fan blades and the structures behind, thus stopping any unwanted wind-milling (engine spinning by itself due to airflow passing thru the blades during flight) and associated uncomfortable vibration caused by the sub optimal fan.

Note that the straps are seat-belts ....how resourceful! After making the "repairs", off they went into the wild blue yonder with another revenue-making flight on only three engines! With the increased fuel consumption, they got a bit low on fuel, and just set it down at the closest airport (FRA) for a quick refill.

That's when the problems started: The Germans, who are kind of picky about this stuff, inspected the malfunctioning engine and immediately grounded the aircraft. (Besides the seat-belts, notice the appalling condition of the fan blades.) The airline operator had to send a chunk of money to get the first engine replaced (took about 10 days). The repair contractor decided to do some impromptu inspection work on the other engines, none of which looked all that great either. The result: a total of 3 engines were eventually changed on this plane before it was permitted to fly again.

Images and the real story in the link…

http://www.snopes.com/photos/airplane/airchina.asp

Friday, August 23, 2013

Doesn't distinguish between leaks to the press in the public interest and treason against the nation

When a soldier who shared information with the press and public is punished far more harshly than others who tortured prisoners and killed civilians, something is seriously wrong with our justice system. A legal system that doesn't distinguish between leaks to the press in the public interest and treason against the nation will not only produce unjust results, but will deprive the public of critical information that is necessary for democratic accountability. This is a sad day for Bradley Manning, but it's also a sad day for all Americans who depend on brave whistleblowers and a free press for a fully informed public debate.

Ben Wizner, of the American Civil Liberties Union

And…What’s wrong with America?

Top 20 shows

1. Duck Dynasty, A&E, 11.77 million
2. Under the Dome, CBS, 10.36 million
3. America's Got Talent (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), NBC, 9.51 million
4. America's Got Talent (Tuesday), NBC, 8.79 million
5. CMA Music Festival, ABC, 8.30 million
6. NCIS, CBS, 8.09 million
7. 60 Minutes, CBS, 7.43 million
8. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 6.71 million
9. Unforgettable, CBS, 6.57 million
10. Big Brother 15 (Sunday), CBS, 6.48 million
11. NFL on Fox Preseason: Indianapolis at NY Giants, Fox, 6.47 million
12. Big Brother 15 (Thursday), CBS, 6.33 million
13. Big Brother 15 (Wednesday), CBS, 6.17 million
14. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 6.07 million
15. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 5.88 million
16. America's Got Talent (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), NBC, 5.75 million
17. Dateline, NBC, 5.61 million
18. Rizzoli & Isles, TNT, 5.60 million
19. MasterChef (Wednesday, 9 p.m.), Fox, 5.49 million
20. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 5.44 million

USA Today

Even if it were desirable, America is not strong enough to police the world by force. If that attempt is made, the blessings of liberty will be replaced by coercion and tyranny at home. We cannot practice might and force abroad and retain freedom at home.

Howard Buffett

Sunday, July 14, 2013

More Fish: White Dragon King Crown Beta Fish

winning-at-office-politics

5 Secrets

Best Climate Story of the day!:

49 former NASA scientists and astronauts sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden last week admonishing the agency for it’s role in advocating a high degree of certainty that man-made CO2 is a major cause of climate change while neglecting empirical evidence that calls the theory into question.

The group, which includes seven Apollo astronauts and two former directors of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, are dismayed over the failure of NASA, and specifically the Goddard Institute For Space Studies (GISS), to make an objective assessment of all available scientific data on climate change. They charge that NASA is relying too heavily on complex climate models that have proven scientifically inadequate in predicting climate only one or two decades in advance.

NASA scientists dispute climate change

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally - you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents' permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion - you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

Not what you expect but, a great post that will start critical thinking:  http://www.stonekettle.com/2013/07/and-open-letter-to-idiot-nation.html

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Benjamin Franklin

William Binney, a 30-year veteran of the NSA. Binney, who resigned from the agency in 2012 because of the dubious nature of its activities, volunteered the first public description of NSA's massive domestic spying program, called Stellar Wind, which intercepts domestic communications without protections for US citizens. Binney revealed that NSA has been given access to telecommunications companies' domestic and international billing records, and that since 9/11 the agency has intercepted between 15 and 20 trillion communications. He further disclosed that Stellar Wind was filed under the patriotic-sounding "Terrorist Surveillance Program" in order to give cover to its Constitutionally questionable nature.

http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/want-to-defend-your-privacy

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. 

From Uberfacts: Lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

Oh!  Happy Chocolate day: http://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/chocolate-day/

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

I was going to start off tonight with an Obama joke…

Factoids for Wednesday.  Oh! Interested in maintaining privacy in light of the NSA spying scandal?  See Sovereign Man

There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.

Pink Floyd

There are more individuals on food stamps in the U.S. economy than the entire population of Spain—46.17 million. (Source: World Bank web site, last accessed June 21, 2013.)

Yahoo.com

A majority of American public school teachers come from the bottom 25% of their college classes. (@Uberfacts)

Fewer than one in four Americans have enough money in their savings account to cover at least six months of expenses, enough to help cushion the blow of a job loss, medical emergency or some other unexpected event, according to the survey of 1,000 adults. Meanwhile, 50% of those surveyed have less than a three-month cushion and 27% had no savings at all.

CNN Money

Italy is likely to need an EU rescue within six months as the country slides into deeper economic crisis and a credit crunch spreads to large companies, a top Italian bank has warned privately.

Mediobanca, Italy’s second biggest bank, said its “index of solvency risk” for Italy was already flashing warning signs as the worldwide bond rout continued into a second week, pushing up borrowing costs.

telegraph.com

www.telegraph.co.uk

Barack Obama is responsible for the most dramatic decrease in a nation's standing since Alderaan was blown up by the Death Star in 1977 (Earth date).

 

http://youtu.be/efFl_EDXCW0

The fact is there is absolutely no downside risk for a foreign leader or group to give Barack Obama a rhetorical Leroy Jethro Gibbs smack to the back of the head.

www.mullings.com

I was going to start off tonight with an Obama joke, but I don't want to get audited by the IRS

Jay Leno

Friday, December 28, 2012

I know where I'm going and I know the truth

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.
Eminem

So I guess we really are time travelers…

http://youtu.be/0jHsq36_NTU

More HERE

In reality, I have never heard of the vortex theory.  In a quick search, there are plenty of discussions.  I expected to quickly find that there is a clear astrophysics explanation.  Apparently not for the vortex.  However, the sun is traveling in space at 43,000 mph.  We are cocooned in the heliosphere which surrounds our solar system. Voyager I is at the limit of the solar system.  Pretty cool… http://www.astrosociety.org/edu/publications/tnl/71/howfast.html

Oh, by the way, search for solar system warming and see what you see.  Comments appreciated.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want.
Muhammad Ali

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
Buddha

Friday, December 21, 2012

Weather Forecast

He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.

Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Weather on DEC 21 2012

February 4, 1962: Take one quintuplified planetary alignment. Sprinkle in an always-mystifying solar eclipse. Stir in a potload of craziness--prayer vigils in Bombay, shelter-stocking in the United States, jittery sky-gazing everywhere--and you've got yourself an all-out Apocalypse Watch. Nothing happens, of course. But the Antichrist was born the next day, at least according to noted psychic Jeane Dixon.

Jason Boyet

Sure, everything is ending," Jules said, "but not yet.”

Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

When you've got 5 minutes to fill, Twitter is a great way to fill 35 minutes

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On Twitter we get excited if someone follows us. In real life we get really scared and run away.

Unknown via @mozusa

Cloud Atlas just named Time Magazine the most desperate, attention starved publication on the planet, so there's that.

RT @kaimac

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Spindly limbs and a dream

Chancellor: You have no function, Mr. Wordsworth. You're an anachronism, like a ghost from another time.
Wordsworth: I am nothing more than a reminder to you that you cannot destroy truth by burning pages.
Chancellor: You're a bug, Mr. Wordsworth! A crawling insect. An ugly, misinformed little creature who has no purpose here, no meaning.
Wordsworth: I am a human being!
Chancellor: You're a librarian, Mr. Wordsworth! You're a dealer in books and two cent fines and pamphlets and closed stacks and the musty insides of a language factory that spews out meaningless words on an assembly line. Words, Mr. Wordsworth, that have no substance and no dimension, like air, like the wind, like a vacuum that you make-believe has an existence by scribbling index numbers on little cards.
Wordsworth: I don't care. I tell you I don't care. I'm a human being. I exist! And if I speak one thought aloud, that thought lives! Even after I'm shoveled into my grave.